National Institute of Technology, Durgapur explained

National Institute of Technology Durgapur
Motto:उद्योगः पुरुषस्य लक्षणं (Sanskrit: udyogah purushasya lakshanam)
Mottoeng:Work Maketh A Man
Established:[1] [2]
Academic Affiliations:[3]
Chairman:Sadanand Sadashiv Gokhale[4]
Director:Prof. Arvind Choubey[5]
Budget:
Academic Staff:270
Students:4,850 [6]
Undergrad:3,398
Postgrad:767
Doctoral:685
Country:India
Campus:Industrial city
190acres
Language:English

National Institute of Technology Durgapur (also known as NIT Durgapur or NITDGP), formerly known as Regional Engineering College, Durgapur (also known as REC Durgapur or RECDGP), is a public technical university in the city of Durgapur in West Bengal, India. Founded in 1960,[7] [8] it is one of India's oldest technical universities. It is located on a campus of 187 acres (0.75 km²).[9]

History

See main article: History of RECs.

The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (formerly Regional Engineering College, Durgapur) was established in 1960[10] under an Act of the Parliament of India as one of the eight such colleges, as a co-operative venture between the Government of India and the Government of West Bengal aimed to advance engineering education in the country and to foster national integration.[11] In 2003, the institution was granted Deemed University status with the approval of the University Grants Commission / All India Council for Technical Education; it was renamed the National Institute of Technology Durgapur and started granting degrees under its name.[12] It became a fully-funded institution administered by an autonomous Board of Governors under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.[13]

National Institute of Technology Durgapur is one of the institutes in Eastern India to be selected as a Lead Institute under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) of the Govt. Of India funded by the World Bank.[14] In 2007, the Union Government of India declared it an "Institute of National Importance".[15]

On 22 November 2013, during the institute's 9th convocation, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, addressed the Institution and appreciated its efforts towards research and innovation.[16]

Campus

Overview

The campus spans 187 acres (0.75 km2).[9] [17] The main entrance is located on the eastern end of the campus, facing Mahatma Gandhi Road. The institute's academic facilities are located in the eastern half of the campus; these include the department buildings, laboratories and workshops, lecture halls, computer centres, and the central library.[18] The campus has separate buildings for the departments of Computer Science Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, management, Chemistry, Biotechnology. Each department has its own library, in addition to the central library, which holds more than one lakh resources including books, periodicals, and journals in print and electronic format.[18]

Library

NIT Durgapur has a modern central library with more than 1.7 lakh volumes of print resources consisting of technical books, reports, standards, compact disks, and back volumes of journals.[18] The library also provides air-conditioned and Wi-Fi-enabled reading halls. It is situated opposite the High Voltage Laboratory. The library is an institutional member of DELNET (Developing Library Network), American Centre Library, Kolkata, National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), and Current Science Association, Bangalore. It is also a beneficiary Member of INDEST-AICTE (Indian National Digital Library in Engineering, Science & Technology) Consortium, which provides Desktop Access to high-quality e-resources (online journals) like IEL Online (IEEE/IEE Electronic Library), Springer Verlag's Link, Proquest, ACM journals, ASCE, ASME, Nature Magazine, Indian Standards (Intranet version) and ASTM journals & Standards, etc. It has a collection of several thousand E-Books on computer science (published by Springer).[19] [20]

Organisation and administration

Departments

Departments of NIT Durgapur
  • Biotechnology
  • Civil Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Earth and Environmental Studies
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
  • Management Studies
  • Physics

Centres

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCES
1Centre of Excellence in Advanced Materials
2Biomedical Engineering & Assistive Technology Centre
3Centre for Advanced Research on Energy
4Centre for Research on Environment and Water
5Centre of Excellence on IoT and Intelligent Systems

Academics

NIT Durgapur offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in disciplines spanning engineering, science, architecture and management. The institute has 14 departments with about 224 faculty members and more than 4,000 enrolled students.[21]

Ranking and reputation

Nirf E 2022:34
Nirf O 2022:72

NIT Durgapur was ranked 43rd among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023.

Student life

Cultural and non-academic activities

The annual Techno-management festival of National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Aarohan is usually held in the month of February every year. It comprises various events like competitions, exhibits, workshops and talks from guest speakers. Aarohan 2021 was conducted in virtual mode.[22]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Institutes of Technology (NITs) . Department of Higher Education Ministry of Education, Government of India . 30 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830072048/https://www.education.gov.in/en/technical-education-5 . 30 August 2022 . live.
  2. Web site: NIT Durgapur . 30 August 2022.
  3. Web site: National Board of Accreditation . 17 September 2020 . 8 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190808222819/http://www.nbaind.org/accreditation-status.aspx . dead .
  4. Web site: Chairperson NIT Durgapur . www.nitdgp.ac.in.
  5. Web site: Meet our Director. nitdgp.ac.in. 16 May 2024.
  6. Web site: NIRF 2024 . NIT Durgapur.
  7. Web site: National Institutes of Technology (NITs) . Department of Higher Education Ministry of Education, Government of India . 30 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830072048/https://www.education.gov.in/en/technical-education-5 . 30 August 2022 . live.
  8. Web site: NIT Durgapur . 30 August 2022.
  9. Web site: Technical Education Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2020-06-02. mhrd.gov.in.
  10. Web site: National Institutes of Technology (NITs) . Department of Higher Education Ministry of Education, Government of India . 30 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830072048/https://www.education.gov.in/en/technical-education-5 . 30 August 2022 . live.
  11. Web site: Technical Education Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development. mhrd.gov.in. en. 2017-03-21.
  12. Web site: Institutions declared to be deemed universities by the UGC. 2020-06-02. ugc.ac.in.
  13. Web site: National Institutes of Technology (NITs) . Department of Higher Education Ministry of Education, Government of India . 30 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830072048/https://www.education.gov.in/en/technical-education-5 . 30 August 2022 . live.
  14. Web site: TEQIP NIT Durgapur. 2021-05-25. www.nitdgp.ac.in.
  15. National Institute of Technology Act 2007. Government of India.
  16. Web site: Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the 9th Convocation of NIT Durgapur. pranabmukherjee.nic.in. 2020-09-15.
  17. Web site: About Us NITDGP . NIT Durgapur . 30 August 2022.
  18. Web site: Library NIT Durgapur . 30 August 2022.
  19. Web site: List of Departments. nitdgp.ac.in. 3 February 2018.
  20. http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest/downloads/brochureforcoremembers.pdf INDEST-AICTE Brochure for core members
  21. Web site: NIT Durgapur B.Tech Rules and Regulations. NIT Durgapur.
  22. Web site: Festivals NIT Durgapur. 2021-05-24. nitdgp.ac.in.
  23. Web site: CAAIR - Centre for Alumni Affairs & International Relations.